Developing an Age-Friendly Future

In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Age-Friendly Cities Initiative. Experts developed checklists communities could follow to make them more age-friendly under eight categories:

housing

transportation

communications and information

civic participation

employment

community health

social participation

social inclusion

Summerside is one of 1,000 cities in Canada taking steps toward a more age-friendly future. Now in the third year of the five-year WHO process, Summerside has held 10 focus groups and conducted several one-on-one interviews with citizens, businesses, and city officials to assess the city. In February 2016, the City released a report with recommendations to make the City a better place to live for residents over age 55. The focus now is on developing an action plan.

Seniors are the only growing demographic on P.E.I. This means that being age-friendly is more important than ever.

Would you like to be part of this process? Do you have ideas to share? Join our Age-Friendly Committee and have your say!